On Friday 27 February, Big Think partner PwC hosted its second global webcast focused on the question, ‘What would you do if you were not afraid?’ The webcast was part of ‘Aspire to Lead: The PwC Women’s...

Designers of the new federal system for sending emergency alerts to our cell phones devoted at lot attention to setting up the technical aspects, but not enough to figuring out what the messages should say....

Global Volcanism Program: If you really want to catch up on this week's volcano news, be sure to check out the new USGS/Smithsonian GVP Weekly Volcanic Activity. It does have updates from places like Bezymianny, Sakurajima and Fuego.

Canary Islands: The local authorities at El Hierro have raised the alert status to yellow based on increased seismicity - both in terms of number of earthquakes and intensity, some earthquakes as large as M3. This new level of alert (spanish) means that the government of the island will release regular updates on the activity and make sure that appropriate emergency measures are in place.

Odds and ends: Looks like there has been a lot of activity at Pu`u O`o on Kilaeau this week - check out Hawaii 24/7's update on all the activity that has images and video. Etna also experienced another paroxysm on Monday - the 14th of the year - and INGV has some information on it. Finally, although the alert status at Taal might have been lowered, there is still some low level seismicity at the Philippine caldera as well, but much like Mayon and Bulusan, none of the earthquakes seem to suggest eruptions are imminent.